Blu-ray Review: Georgia
A realistic, sometimes harrowing drama, Georgia is about the relationship between two siblings: the elder sister Georgia Flood (Mare Winningham) has found success in both her professional and personal life. A folk singer in the mold of Judy Collins, she is happily married with children. Her younger sister Sadie (Jennifer Jason Leigh), is an addict […]
Philomena (Blu-ray)
It’s easy to take Judi Dench for granted. In a career that has spanned more than fifty years; she has turned in memorable performance after memorable performance across the stage, film, and television. Playing the title role in Philomena, Dench is quietly extraordinary, communicating on an emotional level that is nothing less than riveting. At […]
Blu-ray Review: Mildred Pierce (2011 TV mini-series, Collector’s Edition)
Many are familiar with the story of Mildred Pierce as told in Michael Curtiz’s classic 1945 film starring Joan Crawford in her Oscar winning role. Though that film was based on the 1941 James M. Cain novel, many changes were made to the story before it hit the screen. If you’ve never read the novel, […]
HBO’s Mildred Pierce Coming to Blu-ray and DVD January 3, 2012
HBO Home Entertainment will bring Mildred Pierce to Blu-ray and DVD next January. In an Emmy Award-winning performance, Kate Winslet (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) stars in the title role, a divorced housewife trying to successfully navigate through various personal and professional struggles against the backdrop of Los Angeles during the Depression. Chief among […]
DVD Review: George Wallace – Two Disc Special Edition
For many, the name George Wallace evokes memories of his famous declaration, “I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.” I doubt it’s a coincidence that Warner Brothers chose to release a two-disc “special edition” of George Wallace, the 1997 TNT “docudrama” starring Gary Sinise and Angelina Jolie, and directed by John Frankenheimer on the […]